Tonights the meetup for this show so I payed it a revisit after a year... what a smoker long live the Dead!

Ten years ago (actually March 2005), I blundered across this amazing collection of Grateful Dead shows while looking for something else. At the time I misidentified which show was my last and left the comments below. Turns out THIS was actually the one, so I figured I ought to move those over here.
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Unbelievable! I blundered into the link for this show while searching the "Wayback Machine" for an old version of our health benefits administrator's website.

What a shocker to find an MP3 of the very last Deadshow I ever saw! The sad thing is I had no idea that would be the case at the time. But I left for Mexico City at the end of the year, and when I moved back to the States nearly four years later, I had a family to raise and not a lot of time for concerts. But I always had it in my head that I'd take my daughters to a Dead show when they got older--it would be like a combination family reunion and tribal stomp. But a few years later, Jerry was dead and it was too late--for me, no Jerry, no Grateful Dead.

Not down playing your comment, dmilks.... they had opened with 2nd set sugarees in the past. At the Us festival in sept of 82 9 5 82 they opened the 2nd set with Sugaree also. And in 83 they opened with it a few times . alfond arena u. of maine 4 19 83 and then again in venutra 7 30 83. the maine sugaree was better maybe cause of the small arena. those were fun days back when they would play small halls. the ventura sugaree was nice but jerry was sick and wore a long sleeve that day. in the heat of southern cal. hmmmmmmm

On some of the tunes (see MIRACLE for example), the speed is way off. Assume it's from the 48k lineage. Anyway, that track and possibly some others play WAY WAY fast.

If corrected would be a great recording

..and pretty trippy as I recall. I remember specifically the Cassidy being GREAT, and pretty out-there. We were cruising around the concourse,and I remember being lost in the second jam of Cassidy, until they came back to the riff ( one of those " oh yeah, THAT'S what they were playing moments ).You have to know, it seemed like everyone in the stadium was dosed that night.Also, check out the Eyes. It was pretty smokin' ,too. All in all, considering the quality of the playing,and the quality of the scene,it's a SOLID 4 star show.

The first set's volume was low and you had to be on the field to hear set one good,but the playing wasn't all that bad.Far From Me was pretty good.Set 2 was a lot louder but I dont think it was as well played as the first set.I remembered Dear Mr. Fantasy being pretty hot ,but disc 3 of this download needs to be pitch corrected,I am in agreement with the previous reviewer stated that disc 3 is fast.

I wonder what got into Jerry this night that made him decide to open set 2 with Sugaree. Maybe Hornsby suggested it? I would bet that this was the only Sugaree second set opener ever, and it musta been a thrill for the deadheads who were aware of how out of place it was.

4 star performance, 3 star sound.

My first show, wow. You really have to see this band to appreciate them. I never missed them in the D.C./Hampton area (and various other venures across our fair nation) over the next 7 years until their end. This show rocked. Bruce Hornsby joined them for Sugaree and a few other songs. The next night rocked too, with the rain arriving after, "Looks Like Rain," making a swamp of the Redskins' field. I give this show a 4 since 5's shouldn't be given out unless the show is extraordinary. Audience tapes are fun, but I'd like to hear this as well via soundboard someday. The Dead changed my life forever - thanks JH for turning me onto this World! I actually met them all at a reception in the Library of Congress a couple years later in honor of the release of one of Mickey Hart's CDs made to preserve aboriginal music.

but decent!

These summer shows varied little as in strengh, all were very solid. I was graced in atendence at this show. Great song selection...far from me was awesome My friend fortold me the sugeree 2nd set opener..He said"THEY'RE GONNA PLAY SUGAREE TO OPEN THIS SET" Yeh Yeh i said...Lotta crazy stuff happenin this night. The Ship swayed to and fro nicely...and eyes est cranked..as well for the rest of the show..highly recommend listening to this in its entirety

this is a pretty damn good show good aud recording. Powerful far from me,sounds as if he has someone in mind with his choice of words.